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i'm christine romans live today from cnn studios in new york. americans are looking for the president who is going to get this economy soaring again. so who should you choose? we're hours from the election. these men are delivering closing arguments, making their final case for your vote. it's an election about the economy, so let's look at the evidence. jobs. president obama's argument, he's gained back every job lost under his watch. that's quite a feat, but romney says not good enough. >> we're going to create 12 million new jobs and more take-home pay. >> reporter: >> how is that possible, major economic growth. the economy grew at a 2% annual rate during the third quarter, better but not nearly enough to significantly boost hiring. romney will be much more than that to keep his jobs promise. how about housing. prices in some areas are rising, foreclosures slowing, but this is america and what will really get the economy going again is you. consumer spending rising, consumer confidence the best in four years. there's no doubt president obama
i'm christine romans live today from cnn studios in new york. americans are looking for the president who is going to get this economy soaring again. so who should you choose? we're hours from the election. these men are delivering closing arguments, making their final case for your vote. it's an election about the economy, so let's look at the evidence. jobs. president obama's argument, he's gained back every job lost under his watch. that's quite a feat, but romney says not good enough....
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we've got it covered from all angles as only cnn can. christine romans is host of cnn's "your bottom line." david walker spent a decade overseeing the federal government, how it spends your tax dollars as the u.s. comptroller general. today he's the ceo of comeback america and he's a deficit hawk. the ceo of pimco. his firm is one of the largest investors of bonds, and steve moore is a conservative, founder of club for growth and a writer at the wall street journal. i'm going to start with you, steven, my good friend. the fiscal cliff is an immediate threat. both parties need to come together to fix it, because not fixing it would set even fiscal conservatives back, don't you agree? >> yeah, and i think other conservatives agree that he don't want to go off this fiscal cliff, either. i think one hangup that will start on tuesday is the president will say, look, i was reelected to raise those tax rates on the rich, and you know what those republicans are saying in the house, ali? well, you know what, we were electing not to raise those ta
we've got it covered from all angles as only cnn can. christine romans is host of cnn's "your bottom line." david walker spent a decade overseeing the federal government, how it spends your tax dollars as the u.s. comptroller general. today he's the ceo of comeback america and he's a deficit hawk. the ceo of pimco. his firm is one of the largest investors of bonds, and steve moore is a conservative, founder of club for growth and a writer at the wall street journal. i'm going to start...
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jobs report edition of "cnn newsroom." i'm ali velshi, coming to you from toledo, ohio. >> and i'm christine romans in new york. cnn reporters across the country and in america's battleground states. john zarrella in florida. poppy harlow is in iowa, ted rowlands is in wisconsin and kyung lah is in nevada. the highest unemployment rate of all of the toss-up rates at 11%. colorado, close to the national average. iowa, my home state, 5.2%. there they havy problem finding workers. ali, where you are in ohio, it's 7%. finally in florida, 8.7%. john zarrella, 8.7% unemployment, is that the co-issue voters will take to the ballot box in florida on tuesday? >> reporter: there's no question about it, chrischristine. they're already taking it to the ballot box. this is the early voting line. tomorrow is the last day for early voting and the line is probably two hours long already here now. the key issue here with unemployment, construction industry very hard hit, particularly new housing starts. the reason for that? there's such a
jobs report edition of "cnn newsroom." i'm ali velshi, coming to you from toledo, ohio. >> and i'm christine romans in new york. cnn reporters across the country and in america's battleground states. john zarrella in florida. poppy harlow is in iowa, ted rowlands is in wisconsin and kyung lah is in nevada. the highest unemployment rate of all of the toss-up rates at 11%. colorado, close to the national average. iowa, my home state, 5.2%. there they havy problem finding workers....
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this week's cnn hero is from nepal. she was horrified when she discovered innocent children forced to live in prison with their convicted parents. and now she is doing something about it. she's made it her life's mission to make sure no child grows up behind bars. she joins me now by phone from nepal. how are you doing? >> i'm good. how are you? >> i'm doing very well. again, thank you for joining us. you started your children's center back in 2005. tell us about it and how it helps these kids who are behind bars. >> now we have more than 140 children. we have 100 already gone back to their parents. we try to give them education like a normal child should have. a better life. children still live in the prison. children should not live in the prison with their parents. so i hope i am giving them a better life. definitely for children this life never come back. i want the best thing for them to have. >> now that you've gotten this attention, you're on cnn all over the world talking about this, people are hearing about you
this week's cnn hero is from nepal. she was horrified when she discovered innocent children forced to live in prison with their convicted parents. and now she is doing something about it. she's made it her life's mission to make sure no child grows up behind bars. she joins me now by phone from nepal. how are you doing? >> i'm good. how are you? >> i'm doing very well. again, thank you for joining us. you started your children's center back in 2005. tell us about it and how it helps...
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and that's where cnn's reporter is. what is -- what you are hearing? what matters most to folks in colorado and what's romney's plan to win them over? >> reporter: governor romney is going to stop here and speaking at that theater behind me a little later today. and he is going to make the case, he's been making over the last two weeks, it is about jobs. now set person who is going to make jobs more secure over the next four years. and he's got a dwind ling numbe of people would will listen to him. in this state, 1.6 million people have already voted. now they are expecting by tuesday 85% of the voters will have already voted. romney's case now is to try to energize the people who are left. it is the number one issue here. it is all about jobs. ali? >> thanks very much. we'll be checking in with you later in the day as mitt romney heads to colorado. >>> now the u.s., the u.s. is headed back into a recession at the end of the year. if leaders in washington don't act. neither candidate has a plan to fix the thing that is most serious right now. neither p
and that's where cnn's reporter is. what is -- what you are hearing? what matters most to folks in colorado and what's romney's plan to win them over? >> reporter: governor romney is going to stop here and speaking at that theater behind me a little later today. and he is going to make the case, he's been making over the last two weeks, it is about jobs. now set person who is going to make jobs more secure over the next four years. and he's got a dwind ling numbe of people would will...
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but we at cnn want to be fiscally responsible and pay the bills. so that's what we're going to do for the next two minutes. we'll come back and hear from mohammed about that and from david walker. stay with us. you're watching a very animated edition of "your money." if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> i got the panel back. stephen moore points out that california's a bad example because state tax rates are so high in order to pay for the investments they made. your response? >> so i will say to stephen, do the math. just do the math. everybody agrees that in order for us to improve our prospect, we need the following -- we need tax reform. we need entitlement reform. >> right. >> in order to close our gap, we also need certain tax r
but we at cnn want to be fiscally responsible and pay the bills. so that's what we're going to do for the next two minutes. we'll come back and hear from mohammed about that and from david walker. stay with us. you're watching a very animated edition of "your money." if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced...
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cnn has learned david petraeus will acknowledge he knew almost immediately after the attack that it was the work of al sharia, a militia groupli linke to al-qaeda. this is a significant dwom. it was five days after the benghazi incident when susan rice went on the sunday talk shows an said the attack grew out of a spontaneous demonstration against an antimuslim video. let's get right to the breaking report right now. barbara starr is at the pentagon. you've been breaking this. tell us what you're learning tonight about david petraeus' testimony on benghazi. >> i've spoken to a source close to petraeus, directly familiar with petraeus' thinking on this matter. petraeus, we are told, wants to go to the hill, set the record straight and tell everything he knows. he will start by saying indeed that he knew almost immediately after that it was ansar al sharia, but there was also confusion. he had about 20 intelligence reports linking the attacks to that video, that anti-islamic video. those reports were disproven, but not until after he had briefed capitol hill. all of this took some time to
cnn has learned david petraeus will acknowledge he knew almost immediately after the attack that it was the work of al sharia, a militia groupli linke to al-qaeda. this is a significant dwom. it was five days after the benghazi incident when susan rice went on the sunday talk shows an said the attack grew out of a spontaneous demonstration against an antimuslim video. let's get right to the breaking report right now. barbara starr is at the pentagon. you've been breaking this. tell us what...
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cnn's jim clancy is searching with u.s. national guard troops. >> reporter: a sometimes forceful systematic search for survivors. >> every time we clear the street -- >> reporter: dozens of members of the u.s. army and air force national guard joined members of the ocean county's prosecutor office to probe seemingly abandoned homes on long beach island's community. in distressed situation they forcibly opened homes to call out for survivors. the prosecutors are on hand because they have jurisdiction if any bodies are uncovered. but in most cases it was a straightforward call to ask if anyone was inside. >> national guard. this part of the mission is search and rescue. pretty much nobody has been here. so we've been trying to see if any residents that have stayed over during the hurricane survived. that's basically what we're looking for here, any survivors. >> reporter: homes already ripped open by superstorm sandy were searched inside and out while these guard teams from new jersey kept a sharp look out for signs of life a
cnn's jim clancy is searching with u.s. national guard troops. >> reporter: a sometimes forceful systematic search for survivors. >> every time we clear the street -- >> reporter: dozens of members of the u.s. army and air force national guard joined members of the ocean county's prosecutor office to probe seemingly abandoned homes on long beach island's community. in distressed situation they forcibly opened homes to call out for survivors. the prosecutors are on hand because...
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it's part of the queen's diamond jubilee float. >>> this is cnn newsroom. new details now on the resignation of former cia director david petraeus. since he admitted to having an extramarital affair, we have learned that the fbi was investigating the general's private emails months ago. that probe led to his rez iing nation. it all started when jill kelly, a friend of general pat yas contacted the fbi about threatening emails she said she received from another woman. that woman seen here was paula broadwell. now, she wrote petraeus's biography and said she used to jog with the general when he was leading the war in afghanistan, and now lawmakers are angry. they want to know why they're just finding out about all of this, including senator dianne feinstein who chairs the senate intelligence committee. >> we received no advanced notice. it was like a lightning bolt. the way i found out, i came back to washington thursday night. friday morning the staff director told me there was a number of calls to friends about this. i called david petraeus. i talked to the
it's part of the queen's diamond jubilee float. >>> this is cnn newsroom. new details now on the resignation of former cia director david petraeus. since he admitted to having an extramarital affair, we have learned that the fbi was investigating the general's private emails months ago. that probe led to his rez iing nation. it all started when jill kelly, a friend of general pat yas contacted the fbi about threatening emails she said she received from another woman. that woman seen...
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first stop, pentagon and cnn's chris lawrence. so, chris, what specifically are investigators looking for in those messages? morality aside, how serious of a concern is an extramarital affair? >> it's very serious in the military. you're talking about an active duty officer, carol. and under the uniform code of military justice, you can be prosecuted for adultery. john allen is a married, fo four-star general who has been running the war in afghanistan. he had already flown from afghanistan here to washington. that's how quickly all of this broke down. he was already here in washington just 48 hours away from starting his senate confirmation hearing to perhaps become the head of nato. now that this has all broken, secretary panetta has gone to the president and asked that his nomination be put on hold. they're still keeping him as the head of nato because they've got another confirmation hearing for allen's successor. but right now this has really thrown the whole plan of succession into a state of flux right now. >> chris lawrenc
first stop, pentagon and cnn's chris lawrence. so, chris, what specifically are investigators looking for in those messages? morality aside, how serious of a concern is an extramarital affair? >> it's very serious in the military. you're talking about an active duty officer, carol. and under the uniform code of military justice, you can be prosecuted for adultery. john allen is a married, fo four-star general who has been running the war in afghanistan. he had already flown from...
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cnn cut away to some in kenya. speaking of which, what would election night be without a donald trump angle? after mitt romney's loss, trump tweeted, this election is a total sham and travesty. we should have a revolution in this country, which prompted nbc's brian williams to launch this zinger. >> donald trump who has driven well past the last exit of relevance. >> reporter: the exit of mitt romney was ohio. after fox news called ohio for obama, the network's own best known commentator objected. >> we got to be careful about calling things. >> that's awkward. >> reporter: once karl rove questioned the call by fox' decision desk, megan kelly walked back there. >> whoa, careful. >> reporter: live camera in tow. >> keep coming. here we go. >> we're actually quite comfortable with the call in ohio. >> reporter: the anchor who got the most flack was diane sawyer. >> could we have our music. >> reporter: viewers thought her delivery was strange. >> i'll have what diane sawyer is having. >> president barack obama has wo
cnn cut away to some in kenya. speaking of which, what would election night be without a donald trump angle? after mitt romney's loss, trump tweeted, this election is a total sham and travesty. we should have a revolution in this country, which prompted nbc's brian williams to launch this zinger. >> donald trump who has driven well past the last exit of relevance. >> reporter: the exit of mitt romney was ohio. after fox news called ohio for obama, the network's own best known...
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. >>> keep it on cnn for special coverage. remember, president obama holding a news conference at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. wolf blitzer will be all over this covering it for you. make sure you stay tuned. >>> listen to this, another major recall for toyota. it's recalling close to 3 million cars worldwide affecting mostly 2004 to 2009 prius models. 670,000 of them were sold in the united states. you have one, right, berman? the problem here, issues with the car's steering system and their electric water pumps. toyota says no crashes or injuries have been reported. that's good news. >>> and a shake-up at the long island utility company under fire for its slow response to super storm sandy. why is chief operating officer michael hervey is resigning at the end of this year. hervey has been the target of many angered residents left in the cold for over two weeks. he's been the target from andrew cuomo as well. >>> and this entrepreneur says he's in hiding this morning as police in belize try to solve a murder case. the very, very s
. >>> keep it on cnn for special coverage. remember, president obama holding a news conference at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. wolf blitzer will be all over this covering it for you. make sure you stay tuned. >>> listen to this, another major recall for toyota. it's recalling close to 3 million cars worldwide affecting mostly 2004 to 2009 prius models. 670,000 of them were sold in the united states. you have one, right, berman? the problem here, issues with the car's steering...
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and cnn contributor will cain, who leans right. welcome, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> hey, what's happening. are you leaning, roland? i see you're leaning. >> i'm doing the swerve. >> have you cried, like that little girl, wishing the election would be over? >> no. i wish folks would stop whining about this. remember, will is the one who said speaking as a woman about the issue of abortion, so he has experience there. i'll leave it up to him. we're showing a 4-year-old girl. people always say this year that on november 7th when they begin to see who was elected, you begin to hear a whole different conversation. i'm not one of these folks who complains about it. this is one of the most important choices americans can make when it comes to who is president but also worry voting on members of congress, d.a.'s, city council people, you name it, across the states, city and ballot initiatives. this is what it means to be an american. >> plus your a political analyst and you make a good living. i'm just kidding. >> no. i do bloev in the
and cnn contributor will cain, who leans right. welcome, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> hey, what's happening. are you leaning, roland? i see you're leaning. >> i'm doing the swerve. >> have you cried, like that little girl, wishing the election would be over? >> no. i wish folks would stop whining about this. remember, will is the one who said speaking as a woman about the issue of abortion, so he has experience there. i'll leave it up to him. we're showing a...
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stay with cnn. "your money" starts right now. >>> this is the economic storm of our own making and it's threatening any chance of a sustained recovery. i'm ali velshi. this is "your money" and i'm going to show you the damage america could do to itself if washington allows us to go over the fiscal cliff. unemployment in the u.s. which has come down to to 20.9%, it could go up another 9%. according to a new research new york post poll, you clearly understand the danger of this fiscal cliff. 50% say it will have a major effect on the economy, 21% say a minor effect, 2% no effect, 10% say they don't know, which is why you're watching this right now. president obama says they're centering around increasing tax on the wealthy which will go a good way in increasing the revenue that he wants to raise in the next decade in an attempt to reduce the federal deficit. he wants to reinstate the bush tax cut which goes to the top 2% of earners. that would jump from 36% to 39%. he likes to say that's where it was
stay with cnn. "your money" starts right now. >>> this is the economic storm of our own making and it's threatening any chance of a sustained recovery. i'm ali velshi. this is "your money" and i'm going to show you the damage america could do to itself if washington allows us to go over the fiscal cliff. unemployment in the u.s. which has come down to to 20.9%, it could go up another 9%. according to a new research new york post poll, you clearly understand the...
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cnn's chris lawrence is at the pentagon. nick paton walsh is in beirut and brianna keilar is in our washington bureau. we're going to start with chris. we're talking about two high-level government officials ensnared in this scandal. general allen was set to become the supreme allied commander for nato. what is going to happen to him now? >> that hearing has been postponed. general allen, we're told, was already in washington, had already traveled here. that hearing was supposed to begin in just about 48 hours. now, the pentagon has asked to postpone that. right now, the inspector general is poring through between 20,000 and 30,000 pages of e-mails, allegedly inappropriate contact e-mails between general allen and jill kelley. the pieces somewhat now starting to fit together. because we know that some of the e-mails that paula broadwell sent to joe kelley sort of warned her to stay awa from some of the generals that paula broadwell accused her of being involved with. now that these names sort of are coming together, we're ge
cnn's chris lawrence is at the pentagon. nick paton walsh is in beirut and brianna keilar is in our washington bureau. we're going to start with chris. we're talking about two high-level government officials ensnared in this scandal. general allen was set to become the supreme allied commander for nato. what is going to happen to him now? >> that hearing has been postponed. general allen, we're told, was already in washington, had already traveled here. that hearing was supposed to begin...
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hello, i'm brooke baldwin at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. >> i'm john king in the cnn election center in washington. the president could be returning to a capital city more willing to compromise, at least when it comes to avoiding the fiscal cliff. listen to the senate majority leader harry reid, talking with the house speaker john boehner just this morning. >> this isn't something that i'm going to draw lines in the sand, he's not going to draw lines in the sand, i don't believe, and we need to work together. >> do you think a deal is possible? >> of course. >> conciliatory tone there. we'll see what the speaker has to say. he's speaking live half an hour from now. >> we'll take that live. wall street stumbles here this day after election. take a look. the dow down 262 points, closing bell at just 60 minutes. investors turning their attention from the election to money troubles both here and abroad. worries about we're going to be talking about it for a bit here, the fiscal cliff and europe's recession and germany taking a toll. we're keeping an eye on the dow. >> back to poli
hello, i'm brooke baldwin at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. >> i'm john king in the cnn election center in washington. the president could be returning to a capital city more willing to compromise, at least when it comes to avoiding the fiscal cliff. listen to the senate majority leader harry reid, talking with the house speaker john boehner just this morning. >> this isn't something that i'm going to draw lines in the sand, he's not going to draw lines in the sand, i don't...
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this is cnn's special program, special coverage of america's choice 2012. we're bringing you the story behind the numbers. the demographic breakdown of the president's decisive victory and the implications for the republican party moving forward. >> we're also examining the challenges ahead for the president leading a divided nation and dealing with an immediate fiscal problem facing the country. and his victory speech, the president urged all americans to come together. he said what unites susbigger than what divides us. >> i believe we can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggest. we're not as cynical as the pundits believe. we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions, and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america. and together, with your help and god's grace, we will continue our journey forward and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on earth. thank you, america. god bless you. god bless these
this is cnn's special program, special coverage of america's choice 2012. we're bringing you the story behind the numbers. the demographic breakdown of the president's decisive victory and the implications for the republican party moving forward. >> we're also examining the challenges ahead for the president leading a divided nation and dealing with an immediate fiscal problem facing the country. and his victory speech, the president urged all americans to come together. he said what...
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these shooes at the cnn center in tlapt. our gloria borger, our donna brazil and alex, our national security credibilitior fran townsend, also a member of the cia's exteshl terminal advisory board. also joining us our chief business correspondent ali velshi is new york. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash and our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin, who is now inside the east room where the president will be walking in momentarily. only minutes away from the president taking the podium there in the east room of the white house. lingering questions about the mission in benghazi, libya. another question is cabinet. let's go to dana bash first. dana, he is almost certainly likely to be asked about his picks for treasury secretary twuf state, secretary of defense. >> what weigh do expect to hear questions about whether he will answer it as a different issue. can i tell you there was a press conference through republicans, but two of whom are kind of his chief foes on particularly on this benghazi issue. j
these shooes at the cnn center in tlapt. our gloria borger, our donna brazil and alex, our national security credibilitior fran townsend, also a member of the cia's exteshl terminal advisory board. also joining us our chief business correspondent ali velshi is new york. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash and our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin, who is now inside the east room where the president will be walking in momentarily. only minutes away from the president...
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brings us to cnn's barbara starr live at the pentagon for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, soledad. well, as the days have mounted since petraeus' resignation, so do the questions. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are questioning the timing behind the revelation. house majority leader eric cantor said an fbi employee told him in october about the petraeus affair. by that time, an fbi investigation was already under way. the fbi told the director of national intelligence, james clapper, on election night, according to a senior u.s. intelligence official. the white house says it was notified the day after the election, and the president the following day. that doesn't make sense to house homend security chairman peter king. >> it seems this has been going on for several months and yet now it appears that they're saying that the fbi didn't realize until election day, general petraeus was involved. it just doesn't add up. >> reporter: "the new york times" reports the fbi actually started its investigation late this summer. the house and senate
brings us to cnn's barbara starr live at the pentagon for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, soledad. well, as the days have mounted since petraeus' resignation, so do the questions. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are questioning the timing behind the revelation. house majority leader eric cantor said an fbi employee told him in october about the petraeus affair. by that time, an fbi investigation was already under way. the fbi told the director of national...
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only elsewhere. >> except on cnn. but honestly, literally anything that happens in the world, you'll blame it on president obama and i think that has disserved the country. i think it's disserved the problems we now have to go into. i'm glad we're trying to make this clear this has nothing to do with president obama. here's what most people are worried about at home, though. they still don't know how we're going to get this fiscal showdown challenge. they still don't know where the jobs will come in fr and if anybody learned anything in washington, d.c. so if we chase the ball around, barack obama killed the stock market and will kill your kid next, we'll miss an opportunity to do something. >> the reality is that americans should be focused on what's happening in europe. from a political point of view, obama has been very lucky actually over the past three months that europeans have been able to like we do in washington kick the can down the road. but if you look at the politics of greece which was on everybody's min
only elsewhere. >> except on cnn. but honestly, literally anything that happens in the world, you'll blame it on president obama and i think that has disserved the country. i think it's disserved the problems we now have to go into. i'm glad we're trying to make this clear this has nothing to do with president obama. here's what most people are worried about at home, though. they still don't know how we're going to get this fiscal showdown challenge. they still don't know where the jobs...
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i'm joined by cnn's legal analy analyst jeffrey toobin. we're talking about marijuana for recreational purposes. there's a big difference. >> it is. and the governor is quite clear and right. it is not legal under federal law to possess marijuana. now, what makes this a peculiar situation is that in most jurisdictions when i was assistant u.s. attorney in new york, we had rules. we didn't prosecute under federal except very large quantities of marijuana. we left that to the states. here, apparently, the state is not going to prosecute. but even though the federal government doesn't generally prosecute, it's still illegal. so obviously there has to be some sort of negotiation here or people are taking a terrible risk. >> so what's the next legal step? the folks in colorado think that they're going to be able to go buy marijuana and use it for fun, whatever, and the federal government says not so fast. >> right. when the federal government government -- the obama administration has been quite clear that they are going to enforce federal law.
i'm joined by cnn's legal analy analyst jeffrey toobin. we're talking about marijuana for recreational purposes. there's a big difference. >> it is. and the governor is quite clear and right. it is not legal under federal law to possess marijuana. now, what makes this a peculiar situation is that in most jurisdictions when i was assistant u.s. attorney in new york, we had rules. we didn't prosecute under federal except very large quantities of marijuana. we left that to the states. here,...
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you can follow us on cnn weather on twitter. we'll give you all the latest information. >>> president obama back at the white house. it wasn't the welcome that his staff had intended. they wanted to greet him on the south lawn. but the bad weather changed those plans. the first family took air force one then arrived at the white house by motorcade instead. >> the president's first order of business, avoiding the fiscal cliff. congressional leaders from both parties conceding the election with a call to compromise. what that comprise is, that hasn't been ironed out. w we'll get to what they said. >> the presidential vase over except in florida. the electoral votes are i will stun claimed. they're not make or break this time. president obama still holds a lead there. >> seven house races still up for grabs this morning across the country including the heated contest on florida's treasure coast between tea party republican allen west and democratic challenger patrick murphy. right now murphy does have a very slim lead of less than
you can follow us on cnn weather on twitter. we'll give you all the latest information. >>> president obama back at the white house. it wasn't the welcome that his staff had intended. they wanted to greet him on the south lawn. but the bad weather changed those plans. the first family took air force one then arrived at the white house by motorcade instead. >> the president's first order of business, avoiding the fiscal cliff. congressional leaders from both parties conceding the...
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i'm joined now by cnn's christiane amanpour. what are you hearing from these world leaders this morning? >> you can see from our reporters around the world how popular president obama is around the world. and he has been for a long, long time. in europe, particularly, and in so many other parts. although his popularity has plummeted somewhat in the muslim world. they like stability and continuity. they've had a relationship with president obama for the past four years. in so many of the tweeted congratulations of the official congratulations through official channels that they're very pleased to be able to continue working with him. i will say, however, that many observers did look very closely at mitt romney. they were looking for a pragmatic, economically successful businessman. but what so many were saying is that we just did not know which mitt romney would turn up if he was president. would it be hawkish mitt romney, who spoke very, very hard about russia, about china, about possibly another war in iran, or would it be mode
i'm joined now by cnn's christiane amanpour. what are you hearing from these world leaders this morning? >> you can see from our reporters around the world how popular president obama is around the world. and he has been for a long, long time. in europe, particularly, and in so many other parts. although his popularity has plummeted somewhat in the muslim world. they like stability and continuity. they've had a relationship with president obama for the past four years. in so many of the...
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cnn's jill dougherty is following those developments for us this morning. she's in our washington, d.c. bureau. good morning, jill. >> hello, soledad. well, this is it. both sides are going to be there. they're looking at the tone. they're looking at the president, what kind of tone will he set? you have to say that they're coming in both sides with their essential positions intact. all, both sides are saying that there is some room for a compromise. so, the essential thing is how do you compromise? if you look at the positions, let's say, of the republicans, and it's most strongly, as i say, relayed by senator mitch mcconnell, he does not, and they do not, want any tax increases. so let's listen to him first. >> and let's be clear, an opening bid of $1.6 trillion of new taxes just isn't serious. it's more than simpson-bowles or any other bipartisan commission has called for. it's been unanimously rejected in the house and senate, it's twice as much as the white house seemed ready to agree to during last summer's debt ceiling talks and look at it in the con
cnn's jill dougherty is following those developments for us this morning. she's in our washington, d.c. bureau. good morning, jill. >> hello, soledad. well, this is it. both sides are going to be there. they're looking at the tone. they're looking at the president, what kind of tone will he set? you have to say that they're coming in both sides with their essential positions intact. all, both sides are saying that there is some room for a compromise. so, the essential thing is how do you...
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cnn military analyst, knows both general petraeus and paula broadwell well. thank you for talking with us. so, let's go to ms. kelley now, whose name has now been added to this mix. 20,000 to 30,000 e-mail documents is what we're hearing about general allen says that he's done nothing wrong acco according to what chris lawrence just told us from the pentagon. how unusual would this be? i mean, she is the honorary social ambassador, which basically means a party planner. fill me in on what this means and the implications. >> soledad, i need to tell you, this is incredibly, as you said, it's incredibly confusing. i don't know where to start. first, 20,000 to 30,000 e-mails, of course, that's what's been suggested. investigators will figure all that out. that's a heck of a lot of time behind the computer sending notes to a party planner. from a senior officer who has, obviously, a bunch of things on his plate. and he's burning a lot of daylight spending time with a party planner over e-mail. so that's just bizarre, in my mind. the fact to the point of what has b
cnn military analyst, knows both general petraeus and paula broadwell well. thank you for talking with us. so, let's go to ms. kelley now, whose name has now been added to this mix. 20,000 to 30,000 e-mail documents is what we're hearing about general allen says that he's done nothing wrong acco according to what chris lawrence just told us from the pentagon. how unusual would this be? i mean, she is the honorary social ambassador, which basically means a party planner. fill me in on what this...
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cnn's sara sidner covering the conflict from inside gaza. >> reporter: today we've been hearing a chorus of drones overhead and a symphony of air strikes. also seeing plenty of rocket fire coming out of gaza towards israel. we witnessed several times -- several rockets at a time heading over towards israel. right now, we're hearing the sounds of planes. that usually only means one thing, that there will be air strikes that follow. and it's this time of night and into the wee hours of the morning that usually things get very, very intense with lots of blasts of air strikes. but also we know that there have been some blasts coming from the israeli ships in the sea. we ourselves experienced some of the loud booms and bangs that were coming from the sea. we were right on the water there. so a lot of concern. the civilians are not in the streets. most people have hunkered down in their homes. most of the businesses have been closed. we know that more people have been killed here, including militants and civilians. and many people have been injured today. >> thank you, sara. every u.s. preside
cnn's sara sidner covering the conflict from inside gaza. >> reporter: today we've been hearing a chorus of drones overhead and a symphony of air strikes. also seeing plenty of rocket fire coming out of gaza towards israel. we witnessed several times -- several rockets at a time heading over towards israel. right now, we're hearing the sounds of planes. that usually only means one thing, that there will be air strikes that follow. and it's this time of night and into the wee hours of the...
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cnn's sara sidner covering the conflict from inside gaza. >> reporter: today we've been hearing a chorus of drones overhead and a symphony of air strikes. also seeing plenty of rocket fire coming out of gaza towards israel. we witnessed several times -- several rockets at a time heading over towards israel. right now, we're hearing the sounds of planes. that usually only means one thing, that there will be air strikes that follow. and it's this time of night and into the wee hours of the morning that usually things get very, very intense with lots of blasts of air strikes. but also we know that there have been some blasts coming from the israeli ships in the sea. we ourselves experienced some of the loud booms and bangs that were coming from the sea. we were right on the water there. so a lot of concern. the civilians are not in the streets. most people have hunkered down in their homes. most of the businesses have been closed. we know that more people have been killed here, including militants and civilians. and many people have been injured today. >> thank you, sara. every u.s. preside
cnn's sara sidner covering the conflict from inside gaza. >> reporter: today we've been hearing a chorus of drones overhead and a symphony of air strikes. also seeing plenty of rocket fire coming out of gaza towards israel. we witnessed several times -- several rockets at a time heading over towards israel. right now, we're hearing the sounds of planes. that usually only means one thing, that there will be air strikes that follow. and it's this time of night and into the wee hours of the...
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cnn is projecting that ann kirkpatrick will return to congress. she barely beat republican challenger, jonathan payton. yet several house races are still up for grabs across the country this morning. in palm springs, california, republican mary bono mack, she's not giving up. she trailed democrat raul luis with all precincts reporting, but she says a large number of ballots have yet to be reported. mack's husband, connie mack, lost his bid in florida to bill nelson. in another tight race, alan west is not conceding defeat. he's demanding a partial recount in his re-election bid against democratic challenger patrick murphy. right now murphy has a very slim lead of less than 2,100 votes, but that's slightly more than what's needed to trigger an automatic recount. >>> the man behind that anti-muslim movie that caused so much rage overseas has been sentenced to a year in federal prison. mark youssif admit head used an alias without permission. he allegedly made a different name when he made the film. that violated the terms of his probation in a bank
cnn is projecting that ann kirkpatrick will return to congress. she barely beat republican challenger, jonathan payton. yet several house races are still up for grabs across the country this morning. in palm springs, california, republican mary bono mack, she's not giving up. she trailed democrat raul luis with all precincts reporting, but she says a large number of ballots have yet to be reported. mack's husband, connie mack, lost his bid in florida to bill nelson. in another tight race, alan...
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thnchts just in to cnn. the justice department will announce they have reached a deal with bp over the 2010 deepwater horizon spill in the gulf. they have agreed to pay a record penalty well over the amount of $1.3 billion that pfizer paid in 2009, according to one official. attorney general eric holder is expe expected to join federal and local officials in new orleans for that announcement later today. so, whoa will get an update on some of those details. and certainly what it will mean for the stock prices, as christine was reporting earlier. bp stock well on the rebound. we'll talk about that. >>> former cia director david petraeus is speaking out as well, talking to "headline news" kyra phillips, looking forward to testifying about the consulate attack in libya. he also talked a little bit about the scandal that i'm told is taken on him and his wife of 40 years. kyra phillips was describing her conversation with general petraeus to robin meade. >> he had engaged in something dishonorable and sought to d
thnchts just in to cnn. the justice department will announce they have reached a deal with bp over the 2010 deepwater horizon spill in the gulf. they have agreed to pay a record penalty well over the amount of $1.3 billion that pfizer paid in 2009, according to one official. attorney general eric holder is expe expected to join federal and local officials in new orleans for that announcement later today. so, whoa will get an update on some of those details. and certainly what it will mean for...
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stay with cnn. we'll have live coverage from the campaign trail all day. >>> now for the latest on the superstorm, sandy. the storm is blamed for at least 111 deaths in the u.s. meantime shall as survivors try to recover, thousands of people still without power dealing with the cold now. forecasters say temperatures are expected to drop below freezing tonight and tomorrow evening. and sandwiches of comfort, we'll meet a lady making thousands to help out the victims. now back to fareed zakaria i can't gps. >>> sometimes the best way to think about big events, elections, crises, wars, is to step back and learn what we can from the past. that's why i brought together three of my favorite historians do just that and to help us figure out how the past can inform the present in this election. my guests are edmund morris. he has a new book out called "this living hand." sean wilentz also has a book out about ronald reagan and his times and many others including bob dylan and his times, a professor at princ
stay with cnn. we'll have live coverage from the campaign trail all day. >>> now for the latest on the superstorm, sandy. the storm is blamed for at least 111 deaths in the u.s. meantime shall as survivors try to recover, thousands of people still without power dealing with the cold now. forecasters say temperatures are expected to drop below freezing tonight and tomorrow evening. and sandwiches of comfort, we'll meet a lady making thousands to help out the victims. now back to fareed...
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when cnn got exclusive access this year, the chinese welcomed us with lunch and speeches. as well as a tour of the mining operations, eager to show off cooperation and development with their african partners. many like the u.s. government are highly critical of the chinese venture and others across africa. critics argue the chinese exploited africa's commodities to fuel their growth. the relationship is uneven and near colonial. what's the difference between a chinese invest somewhere american investor, from your point of view. >> the aim is still to make money. >> reporter: what's the difference? why would you say the chinese have been successful on the continent? >> i think that it has to do probably with the policy of the chinese government. coming into a country, investing, and not really wanting to get involved. >> reporter: not asking questions? >> not asking questions. not wanting to be involved. >> reporter: not putting all those human rights issues. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: beijing doesn't like lecturing other leaders says the top chinese diplomat in africa. >>
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stay with cnn. >>> friday the 13th of january. italian cruise ship costa concordia has just left the port of civitavecchia. the more than 4,000 passengers and crew on board had no idea of the terror that was about to unfold. >> and all of a sudden, bang. the lights went out. and the ship lifted. >> the side of the ship is now the bottom of the ship. >> everybody was panicking, everybody was running for their own lives. >> it showed the kind of chaos, the ill preparedness the company had. >> and i can remember thinking, oh, my gosh, we're going to die. let's just get it over with. >> today, the costa concordia lies on its side off the italian island of giglio. one of the largest cruise ships in the world ripped apart by rocks. 32 people died on the ship, on that cold january night. a cnn investigation has pieced together the multiple failures of that night and their far-reaching consequences for the cruise ship lines. the tragic mistakes onboard the costa concordia raise the question, just how safe is going on a cruise? >> the safe
stay with cnn. >>> friday the 13th of january. italian cruise ship costa concordia has just left the port of civitavecchia. the more than 4,000 passengers and crew on board had no idea of the terror that was about to unfold. >> and all of a sudden, bang. the lights went out. and the ship lifted. >> the side of the ship is now the bottom of the ship. >> everybody was panicking, everybody was running for their own lives. >> it showed the kind of chaos, the ill...
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we shouldn't have had this contact. >> locals told cnn the rocks concordia hit are clearly marked on nautical charts. >> every rock here is on the chart? >> every one, every one. that's why i think the only possibility should be only that one. >> such was the force of the collision, a huge chunk of rock the size of a car ended up embedded in the hull of the concordia. within moments, the engine room director reported the engine control room and the electrical panel were under six feet of water. but the severity of the situation was kept from passengers. >> everything is all right. please do not panic. go back to your rooms. it's okay. it's just a motor problem, and the technicians are trying to fix it. a lot of people were not believing them. but there were a good majority of people who actually believed them, listened to them and went back to their rooms. >> but within an hour, passengers would be fighting the rising waters, desperate to escape the doomed costa concordia. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so muc
we shouldn't have had this contact. >> locals told cnn the rocks concordia hit are clearly marked on nautical charts. >> every rock here is on the chart? >> every one, every one. that's why i think the only possibility should be only that one. >> such was the force of the collision, a huge chunk of rock the size of a car ended up embedded in the hull of the concordia. within moments, the engine room director reported the engine control room and the electrical panel were...
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ladies and gentlemen, the colbert report is ready to project that cnn has projected that animal planet has predicted that the winner of the 2012 presidential election is barack obama. ( crowd cheering ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: yes, ladies and gentlemen. yes, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i did read that well. america has elected its first black president for an historic first second time. ( laughter ) of course obama... of course let's remember, obama is only half black. it is possible in his second term, he will be white. ( laughter ) at this point, i think he owes that to us. frankly, folks, i'm stunned, i really thought romney would win. now, i'll never get to see the inaugural ball and his first dance with refalca. ♪ at last, my love ♪ has come along fine, america, it's your funeral. we tried to warn you about this guy. a multimedia empire tell you he was a america hating socialism loving anti-wealth redistributor who was probably lying about his birth place and his religion. why did we pull our punches? i tell you what. we job creators are not going to take it.
ladies and gentlemen, the colbert report is ready to project that cnn has projected that animal planet has predicted that the winner of the 2012 presidential election is barack obama. ( crowd cheering ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: yes, ladies and gentlemen. yes, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i did read that well. america has elected its first black president for an historic first second time. ( laughter ) of course obama... of course let's remember, obama is only half black. it...
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these days these days, folks, i spend my afternoons plopped on the couch in the housecoat watching cnn with a virginia slim in one hand and a box of the after ace in the other. this story has got everything. a decorated war hero homeowners america's spymaster. has an affair with his own sexy biographer who thinks that the spymaster with another biographer. she sends an e mame from a second e-mail and saying step out bitch. and the second haughty and contacts her friend f.b.i. agent who launches an investigation but he sexed her a shirtless photo. >> meanwhile the spymaster's protege also a general have sent thousands of e-mails to the second woman. this is isn't a love triangle it's a love pentagon >> i got to say after that, it gets a little far-fetched. i mean, all of a sudden the second woman has an emotionally trouble identicaltw and both the spymaster write letters of support for her twin sister's custody battle with the ex. listen to the name they came up with for him. >> grayson wolf. >> we don't have a picture of him. just put up a visual approximation. that's right. it's not b
these days these days, folks, i spend my afternoons plopped on the couch in the housecoat watching cnn with a virginia slim in one hand and a box of the after ace in the other. this story has got everything. a decorated war hero homeowners america's spymaster. has an affair with his own sexy biographer who thinks that the spymaster with another biographer. she sends an e mame from a second e-mail and saying step out bitch. and the second haughty and contacts her friend f.b.i. agent who launches...
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to cnn's kyung lah in colorado. unemployment there at 8%, just a little bit above the national average. will it come down to jobs for colorado voters? >> reporter: absolutely. you have it absolutely right, ali. it is about jobs. it is about how have people been personally affected by a job loss either within their own families or among friends? here in this very key swing state we've gone down to the counties, we've talked to the key demographics and we talked to the women. suburban women here are critical for either party in order to grab those states. we talked to women and they say this is about job security. who is it going to be in white house who will make sure that over the next four years my family isn't going to be impacted, what i put on my kitchen table isn't going to be impacted? we went out and talked to college students. they were really enthusiastic in 2008, helping barack obama win this state, winning the nine electoral votes. this time around they are not as enthusiastic. college students are tellin
to cnn's kyung lah in colorado. unemployment there at 8%, just a little bit above the national average. will it come down to jobs for colorado voters? >> reporter: absolutely. you have it absolutely right, ali. it is about jobs. it is about how have people been personally affected by a job loss either within their own families or among friends? here in this very key swing state we've gone down to the counties, we've talked to the key demographics and we talked to the women. suburban women...
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ladies and gentlemen, the colbert report is ready to project that cnn has projected that animal planet has predicted that the winner of the 2012 presidential election is barack obama. ( crowd cheering ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: yes, ladies and gentlemen. yes, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i did read that well. america has elected its first black president for an historic first second time. ( laughter ) of course obama... of course let's remember, obama is only half black. it is possible in his second term, he will be white. ( laughter ) at this point, i think he owes that to us. frankly, folks, i'm stunned, i really thought romney would win. now, i'll never get to see the inaugural ball and his first dance with refalca. ♪ at last, my love ♪ has come along fine, america, it's your funeral. we tried to warn you about this guy. a multimedia empire tell you he was a america hating socialism loving anti-wealth redistributor who was probably lying about his birth place and his religion. why did we pull our punches? i tell you what. we job creators are not going to take it.
ladies and gentlemen, the colbert report is ready to project that cnn has projected that animal planet has predicted that the winner of the 2012 presidential election is barack obama. ( crowd cheering ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: yes, ladies and gentlemen. yes, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i did read that well. america has elected its first black president for an historic first second time. ( laughter ) of course obama... of course let's remember, obama is only half black. it...
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these days, information, i spend my afternoons you know plopped on the couch in the housecoat, watching cnn with a virginia slim in bon hand and a box of after 8s in the other. i don't care if the news goes straight to my himself. it is me time. this story has got everything-- a decorated war hero has an affair with his own sexy biographer, who senses the spy master is stepping out on her with a second girlfriend, so she sends an e-mail from a secret account saying step off or i will cut, biatch. and the second hottie freaks out and contacts her friends, f.b.i. agent, who launches an investigation, but gets pulled off the case because he sexed her a shirtless photo. the spy mastery protege, also a general, has sent thousands of e-mails to the second woman. this isn't just a love triangle, information. it's a love pentagon. ( cheers and applause ). i gotta say-- i gotta say, after that, it gets a little farfetched. i mean, all of a sudden, the second woman hans emotionally troubled identical twin. and both the spy mast expert general write letters of support for the twin sister's custody bat
these days, information, i spend my afternoons you know plopped on the couch in the housecoat, watching cnn with a virginia slim in bon hand and a box of after 8s in the other. i don't care if the news goes straight to my himself. it is me time. this story has got everything-- a decorated war hero has an affair with his own sexy biographer, who senses the spy master is stepping out on her with a second girlfriend, so she sends an e-mail from a secret account saying step off or i will cut,...